# h3xduck/TripleCross

A Linux eBPF rootkit with a backdoor, C2, library injection, execution hijacking, persistence and stealth capabilities.

Repository: https://github.com/h3xduck/TripleCross
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/triplecross
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: backdoor, ebpf, kernel, rootkit, security, libbpf
Last push: 2024-04-07T02:06:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1771, "days_push": 879, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1977, forks 243 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:01.504237+00:00)

## What it is
TripleCross is a Linux eBPF rootkit demonstrating offensive capabilities of eBPF technology, including library injection, execution hijacking, privilege escalation, a C2 backdoor, persistence, and stealth modules. It was created as an academic thesis project and is intended purely for educational and research purposes.

## Use cases
- study how eBPF rootkits work
- demonstrate eBPF offensive capabilities in a security course
- research kernel-level backdoor and C2 techniques
- test endpoint detection of eBPF-based rootkits
- learn libbpf programming through a real-world example
- evaluate Linux kernel security against rootkit techniques

## When to choose
- you are a security researcher or student studying eBPF-based rootkit techniques
- you need a reference implementation for defensive rootkit detection research
- you want to understand library injection, execution hijacking, and stealth on Linux

## When to avoid
- you need a production or defensive security tool - this is offensive research code
- you cannot accept legal and ethical risk from rootkit software
- you need a maintained, supported project - it is an academic thesis artifact

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing, networking, monitoring
- domain: security, penetration-testing, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: c, cli
- tags: ebpf, rootkit, backdoor, c2, libbpf, kernel, offensive-security, privilege-escalation, library-injection, educational, linux

## Member repositories
- h3xduck/TripleCross (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.504237+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:04:47.356497+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/h3xduck/TripleCross (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.504237+00:00, sha 1b4107f7d492)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.